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Tomlins Trophy Round 2

THORESBY 168-8  

WI CAVALIERS II  167-7

This was probably not our best fielding or bowling performance although a couple of excellent catches were taken. Again we fielded first and Cavaliers got off to a good start, Dnash only taking the first wicket in the twelfth over. Lippeatt was then introduced into the attack and bowled the best spell of the game to take three wickets for only nineteen. Dancing Dave making it a spinner’s day with two wickets.

Cavaliers then got the prize scalp of Chesh in the third over with a superb catch. Hughes again hit boundaries before being bowled trying to hit another. Dnash found a fielder with a cut shot and was well caught. Chatterton and Birkett then put together a stand of forty before Chat hit a good pull shot straight at square leg and was caught. Little Ben played a couple of nice shots, then misjudged the line and was lbw to a full ball. Grizzly Ben hung around a while before being caught off a wide ball. Patel came to the wicket and played the vital innings scoring twenty one off a handful of balls to take the pressure off Birkett who was just grinding out the runs at the other end. Patel was a little unlucky to be given out caught behind. Stu came to the wicket and showed all his years of experience just working the ball into gaps as the target got nearer. Just as it looked like these two would take us to victory Stu managed to kick the ball onto his stumps. Dancing Dave replaced his brother and with only Billy No Runs to come the pressure was on, but Dave and Birkett saw us home.

We will have to play better to win in the next round against Kiveton who defeated Papplewick II today. This game to be played on Sun 3rd August.      

	WEST INDIAN CAVS II
BATSMAN	HOW OUT	SCORE		BOWLING	O	M	R	W
M MASOOD	B LIPPEATT	55		B WINSLADE	8	0	28	0
D FRANKSON	C S EVANS B NASH	21		S PATEL	6	0	25	0
C PRICE	C CHESHIRE B LIPPEATT	1		D EVANS	8	1	32	2
M SULTAN	C HUGHES B D EVANS	4		D NASH	6	1	23	1
A HUSSAIN	NOT OUT	39		W LIPPEATT	8	1	19	3
N SADDLER	C HUGHES B LIPPEATT	0		S EVANS	4	0	25	0
P THOMAS	C S EVANS B D EVANS	8
K WESTCARR	RETIRED HURT	2
B WYATT	RUN OUT	7
C CHAMBER	NOT OUT	3
B WAHEED
	EXTRAS	27
	TOTAL	167	7	WKTS
	THORESBY COLLIERY
BATSMAN	HOW OUT	SCORE		BOWLING	O	M	R	W
M CHESHIRE	C MASOOD B PRICE	0		C PRICE	8	1	28	3
D NASH	C SULTAN B THOMAS	15		B WAHEED	3	0	21	0
P HUGHES	B PRICE	15		P THOMAS	8	0	33	3
N BIRKETT	NOT OUT	44		D FRANKSON	6	0	23	0
S CHATTERTON	C MASOOD B THOMAS	19		M SULTAN	6	0	28	1
B MARSON	LBW B THOMAS	7		M MASOOD	2	0	9	0
B WINSLADE	C CHAMBER B SULTAN	7		A HUSSAIN	5.5	0	17	1
S PATEL	C CHAMBER B PRICE	21
S EVANS	B HUSSAIN	11
D EVANS	NOT OUT	5
W LIPPEATT
	EXTRAS	24
	TOTAL	168	8	WKTS

Sunday 3rd August - Tomlin Trophy – Quarter Final

THORESBY COLLIERY 261 for 5 (Daniel Nash 73, Martin Cheshire 33, Paul Hughes 74, Shailesh Patel 47, Kyle McKeeman 3 for 43)

beat

KIVETON PARK 219 all out (Adam Burgess 67, Matthew Williams 66, Daniel Nash 3 for 42, Martin Cheshire 4 for 25) by 42 runs

This game was played on probably the best pitch we have seen all year and won with an amazing innings.

Chesh again won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first on another scorching day. We were off to a flyer with both Chesh and Dan really getting on top of the bowling before Chesh danced down and was stumped off the change bowling. This brought to the wicket Paul (Jonesy) Hughes and what a difference a day makes as he looked in total control; in fact both he and Dnash took the Kiveton attack apart posting a stand of 150 in very quick time. There was a small wobble after Dnash was given out on a tight run out as Nige, Alan and Paul departed in quick succession. Then came the turning point as Shailesh just cut loose, hitting three huge sixes and a number of fours to really give the innings a great finish. Say finished with 47 NO off only 20 balls.

In reply Kiveton were pegged back by a superb opening spell from Big Billy and Little Ben who both contained very well. Bill struck with the vital wicket of Grainger, caught by his lodger after a juggle (Billy informing Paul later that he would have been homeless if he had dropped it). Dnash and the now off the wagon Evans (Dave, you owe Deb £20) came on as change bowlers and Dave got the vital wicket of Williams. At the other end Dnash was again struggling to find a good length and was replaced by Shailesh, who also was not at his best. At this point Kiveton were in with a good chance and Chesh took the gamble of bringing himself on to bowl, which, after his first three balls had gone for nine, looked dodgy. But Burgess, who had batted very well, danced down the pitch and was stumped by Nige. Wilko then produced an excellent throw to run out Kiveton’s captain and we were on top. The Chesh / Nige combination again worked to gain another stumping. Dnash was brought back and this time, although looking very silly bowling in a cap, (only Sir Geoffrey Boycott can do that with style) found a much better line and soon had a couple of wickets, one to an excellent boundary catch by Shailesh and one by Nige. Chesh struck again, with Grizzly pulling of a blinding catch, and also got the final wicket with a caught and bowled.

Another great team performance, and great credit must go to the large bunch of travelling supporters who came to cheer us on. Let’s hope you can all make it to the semi at Hosiery Mills.

	THORESBY COLLIERY
BATSMAN	HOW OUT	SCORE	BOWLING	O	M	R	W
M CHESHIRE	ST BROOKES B WILLIAMS	33	J RADFORD	8	0	64	0
D NASH	RUN OUT	73	R SPUR	8	0	53	0
P HUGHES	C RADFORD B McKEERNAN	74	M WILLIAMS	8	0	58	1
N BIRKETT	B McKEERNAN	0	I THOMPSON	8	1	34	0
A WILKINSON	B McKEERNAN	8	K McKEERNAN	8	1	43	3
S PATEL	NOT OUT	47
S CHATTERTON	NOT OUT	3